MKG Consulting - Hotel Groups World Ranking 2008
IHG towards 600 000 rooms capacity ...more

Great Hotels Organisation predicts Middle East hotel bubble could burst by 2010
Supply set to overtake demand forcing hotels to attract international guests ...more

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Restaurant Performance Index Remains Below 100 for Fourth Consecutive Month in February
Leap Year bolstered sales, Operators are less optimistic about sales growth and the economy ...more

Americans Say a Good Breakfast Is Worth Losing Sleep Over
Panera Bread Survey Reveals Americans' Thoughts on the Day's Most Important Meal ...more

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Never Go to Bat Without a - By David M. Brudney
PlanNew Generation of Hospitality Sales Professionals Lesson #11 ...more

Soft Economy, Economic Downturn, & the R-Word - By Neil Salerno
Before You Hit the Panic Button...Consider This! ...more

Sustaining A Customer Service Initiative: The Need for Long-Term Commitment - By Dennis Snow
Most customer service improvement initiatives fail to produce sustained results. While such a statement may seem harsh, I think that most would agree with the statement based on their own experiences. ...more

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The Prognosis for Occupancy and Average Rate in a Slowing Economy - By Anne Lloyd-Jones
Given the current state of the economy, and the growing consensus that a recession is near, if not here, what is the outlook for the hotel industry? This article reviews past cycles, to gain some insight into future occupancy and average rate trends. ...more

Weekly U.S. Lodging Performance for the week of Mar 23, 2008 - Mar 29, 2008
Weekly summary of Occupancy, ADR and REVPar for the United States. ...more

UK Tops The European Hotel Price League
The UK posted a year-on-year price rise of 12% in 2007 to an average price paid of £106 per night, making it the most expensive country in Europe for hotels, and the only country in Europe to top £100 for a one night hotel stay, according to the Hotels.com Hotel Price Index report. ...more

Strong Dollar Diminishes Canadian Hotel Industry Profits
Canada's hoteliers can expect profits to drop by almost 26 per cent to $822 million in 2008, due to the continued decline in spending by American tourists, according to the Conference Board's Canadian Industrial Outlook: Canada's Accommodation Industry - Winter 2008. ...more

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Research experts launch STR Global to serve worldwide hotel benchmarking market
Concise, accurate and thorough hotel-industry research around the globe is one step closer as three of the most successful names in the market-Smith Travel Research (STR), Deloitte's HotelBenchmark(TM) and The Bench - have launched STR Global. ...more

Comparable Worth - What Would You Pay For The Experience - By J. Ragsdale Hendrie
We all know E-Bay. Many of us have attended those Charity galas with silent and loud auctions. We in Hospitality are always asked to contribute to educational, fraternal, civic and special interest events - a room night here, a fine dinner there, a basket of goodies, a trip on the Morning Dew vessel, a condo exchange, a day of skiing - you name it. We try to establish a value for these goods and services, helpful to the organization and our deductible Charity budget. ...more

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Dynamic Packaging - The Next Battlefield
Dynamic Packaging sales will double by 2009. Online agencies are using it to increase customer loyalty & profit, if hotels sit back, they will be squeezed out of the packaging market. ...more

Digital Bar Media Has Significant Impact On Ad-Adverse Trendsetters According to New Research
Flexible Media Allows Advertisers to Connect with 21-34 year olds ...more

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